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How to Sterilise your Tala Preserving Jars

Please always refer to the care instructions on the original packaging. These are the accepted ways to sterilise preserving jars:

Dishwasher Method:

Fill your dishwasher with clean cold jars and run for a minimum or rinse wash, timed to end with when your jam, preserve or pickle will be ready. Use the jars one at a time from the dishwasher as needed, making sure that you fill whilst the jam or preserve is as hot as is the jar. Do NOT add cold food to hot jars, or hot food to cold jars.

Oven Method:

Lay a double layer of newspaper on each oven shelf, but not on the floor of the oven.

Arrange the jars on the shelf, making sure that they are not touching each other.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C / Gas Mark 4 - do not be tempted to increase the heat any higher. The glass should warm with the oven.

Do NOT place the glass jars directly into a hot oven, as the glass needs to heat with the oven.

Close the oven door and leave to sterilise for 20 minutes.

Using thick oven gloves, remove each jar from the oven as needed onto a heatproof surface, ensuring you fill the jars with jam or preserve whilst the jar is still hot. Do NOT add cold food to hot jars, or hot food to cold jars.

Microwave Method:

Clean the jars as normal, rinse but leave a little wet. Microwave for no longer than one minute